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Hard disk having RAW file system?

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Name: Rideout
Date: January 2, 2004 at 17:40:22 Pacific
Subject: Hard disk having RAW file system?
OS: Windows ME
CPU/Ram: AMD 300 / 320 megs RAM

Comment:

Kinda the same question about the floppy having a RAW file system. I have a hard disk that says it's in RAW, but anyway I try to view it, it wants me to format it or can't read it. I know there is data on the disk. Is there a utility to convert it to a FAT32 or something, without touching any data on the disk? Any suggestions are great, thanks.

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Response Number 1

Name: tropic
Date: January 3, 2004 at 00:16:23 Pacific
Subject: Hard disk having RAW file system?

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Try running a data recovery utility like Easy Recovery Pro or GetDataBack on the frazzled disk. It should be able to reconstruct the partition and allow you to salvage most or all of your data to a different drive. It will not actually write to the drive--the "reconstructed partition" is just a logical filter it uses to interpret the data on the drive.

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Response Number 2

Name: disto
Date: February 13, 2004 at 01:13:37 Pacific
Subject: Hard disk having RAW file system?

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I agree with Tropic.
Yesterday I had this problem with my second hdd.
I used GetDataBack 2.25.
It could read and recovery all data.
It's brilliant.
I suggest to everybody it.

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